John Ashby (militiaman)

John "Jack" Ashby (1707–1789)[1] was a Colonel in the Virginia Militia.[2]

During the French and Indian war there was a siege at present day Fort Ashby, West Virginia. In 1756 John Ashby was out of the fort at that location and was attacked by Indians and made a remarkable escape to the fort. The fort was named for him Fort Ashby

References

"A Journal of my Journey over the Mountains began Fryday the 11th. of March 1747/8". Founders Online. University of Virginia. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
Tyler, Lyon Gardiner, ed. (1915). Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography. 4. Lewis Historical publishing Company. p. 127.

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[1] "A Journal of my Journey over the Mountains began Fryday the 11th. of March 1747/8". Founders Online. University of Virginia. Retrieved 19 January 2021.

[EVB-2] Tyler, Lyon Gardiner, ed. (1915). Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography. 4. Lewis Historical publishing Company. p. 127.